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Discover nature like you've never seen it before at the newly redesigned exhibition where 100 powerful photographs tell the story of a planet under pressure.
14 October 2022 - 2 July 2023
Judith van de Griendt (the Netherlands) experiences a heartbreaking scene caused by human carelessness.
Judith was with a team of freedivers in the Azores when they spotted the Bryde's whale moving unusually slowly. It was dragging at least 12 metres of discarded fishing net behind it. The team tried to cut it loose but were unsuccessful. Unless the net is removed, eventually it could cause the whale to die a painful death.
Most of the abandoned nets found in the Azores are believed to come from boats operating elsewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. An estimated 800,000 to 1.2 million tonnes of ghost fishing gear ends up in our oceans each year, killing millions of marine animals. Wildlife charities are raising awareness and appealing to government agencies and commercial fishers to change these practices.
How you can help
Discover nature like you've never seen it before at the newly redesigned exhibition where 100 powerful photographs tell the story of a planet under pressure.
14 October 2022 - 2 July 2023
The Netherlands
Judith is an underwater and wildlife photographer as well as a freedive instructor. Her pictures are taken in one breath and only with the use of natural light. Judith has contributed to articles about cetaceans, sharks and other underwater wildlife and is determined to contribute to ocean protection as much as possible. She is also an underwater videographer for TV programs for which freediving is the appropriate way of filming.
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